CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

Syntax of CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function

CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(connection, member_expression, property)

The CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function syntax has the following arguments:

• Connection: A text string of the name of the connection to the cube.
• Member_expression:  A text string of a multidimensional expression (MDX) of a member within the cube.
• Property:  A text string of the name of the property returned or a reference to a cell that contains the name of the property.

Explanation of CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function

• When the CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function evaluates, it temporarily displays a “#GETTING_DATA…” message in the cell before all of the data is retrieved.
• If the connection name is not a valid workbook connection stored in the workbook, CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY returns a #NAME? error value. If the Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) server is not running, not available, or returns an error message, CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY returns a #NAME? error value.
• If the member_expression syntax is incorrect or if the member specified by member_expression doesn’t exist in the cube, CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY returns a #N/A error value.
• CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY may return a #N/A error value if you reference a session-based object, such as a calculated member or named set, in a PivotTable when sharing a connection, and that PivotTable is deleted or you convert the PivotTable to formulas. (On the Options tab, in the Tools group, click OLAP Tools, and then click Convert to Formulas.)
• CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY will not work against Excel Data Models that are edited in Power Pivot, since they are not multi-dimensional cubes.

Examples of CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function

=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(“Sales”,”[Time].[Fiscal].[2014]”,$A$3)

=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(“Sales”,”[Store].[MyFavoriteStore]”,”[Store].[Store Name].[Store Sqft]”)